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Over the last five years, the composition of the workforce has undergone a significant change. For the first time in history – four generations (Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y/Millennial) are present in today’s workforce, each generation with its own perspective, expectations, needs and values. This presents a challenge in that a “one…

  1. Attitude With the right attitude you can rule the world. Your attitude defines your latitude; if you have the right attitude towards your responsibilities; you can do anything. 2. Purpose Find your purpose in life and run with it. Your purpose is what you were put on this earth to do. The biggest…

Are you a productivity-junky like me? Constantly chasing it, needing to be productive at all times? I’m making sure I get to be productive by taking care of myself with food, exercise and a disciplined daily schedule. Much of this is also driven by the horrible feeling I get at the end of a day…

I didn’t even hear the word procrastination until I was in my last year at school (probably a good thing in hindsight) but then I quickly made up for years of ignorance by embracing the concept with open arms. University was one, long procrastination of afternoon binges of Come Dine with Me (there are 1647…

We’re a society obsessed with actions and outcomes. We’re bombarded with apps that increase our productivity, TED talks promising to revolutionise the way we get things done, and self-completing sentences in our gmail. Biodegradable coffee cups mean we can drink our coffee on the run – guilt-free – and 20-minute gym classes allow us to…

In today’s world, where there are 973 000 Facebook logins and 187 million emails sent (some days you feel as though all 187 million emails have been sent to your inbox, don’t you?) every minute online, distractions are plentiful. Not only is the rate at which online information is being shared online is increasing every year,…

It’s a physical impossibility to give all your attention to more than one thing at a time and to do really great work. The truth is, there is no such thing as multitasking – there’s only doing a mediocre job (at best) on a bunch of different things. And no, listening to music while you’re…

One rainy afternoon back in 2011, when I uploaded my first picture of my food with the caption “snacking with a good book – life is amazing”, I wondered as the likes and comments rolled in, whether I was the odd or the average user of social media. The actual person behind the picture was…

The internet has caused a worldwide transformation in how we communicate, network and interact with one another. Social media is a powerful platform to share ideas, experiences and insight. For this reason, it has the power to break barriers and change strongly held stereotypes. Recently, a story that has taken the internet by storm is…

Social media is often criticised for making us less mindful, for harming connection and for spreading misery. I think of it in the same way as money: merely a mechanism to achieve one’s goals. As a business tool, I think social media is vital. I’m an author, so it’s very important for me to reach…